Longhope_Lifeboat_Museum

Longhope Lifeboat Museum

Longhope Lifeboat Museum

Museum in the Orkney Islands, Scotland

Longhope Lifeboat Museum is a museum at Brims on the island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.[1] The museum's main exhibit is the former lifeboat Thomas McCunn, the lifeboat that served the islands of Hoy and South Walls between 1933 and 1962.[2]

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History

The Longhope Lifeboat Museum is housed in the former RNLI Longhope Lifeboat Station building which was opened in 1901.[3] In 1999, the lifeboat station closed and was replaced with a new station in the village of Longhope, on the adjacent island of South Walls, connected to Hoy by a causeway.

The Longhope Lifeboat Museum Trust was established in 2000 by the local community of Hoy and South Walls, with the goal of establishing a museum dedicated to the history of lifeboats in Hoy.[4] The museum was officially opened by HRH the Princess Royal on 28 May 2002.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Our Museum". Longhope Lifeboat Museum.
  2. [2]
    "Longhope Lifeboat Museum". Orkney.com.
  3. [3]
    "Longhope Lifeboat Museum Trust". Hoy Orkney.
  4. [4]
    "Longhope Lifeboat Museum Trust". Hoy Orkney.
  5. [5]
    "Longhope Lifeboat Museum". Scottish Places.

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